In schools, psycho-education is a classroom behavior management method that aims at training teachers and students about children's emotional and behavioral problems. Psycho-educational teachers believe that social-emotional growth happens when children understand the role that emotions play in their school difficulties. Psycho-educational theory and methods include cognitive (thinking), affective (feelings), and behavior aspects.

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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Feeling Nice-Feeling Bad: Teaching Students How To Put Feelings Into Words

Teaching
children how to talk about, or how to cope with, troubling feelings (e.g.
feeling humiliated and resentful) and/or a conflictive classroom event (e.g.
angry feelings that escalate into a fight in the schoolyard) is a basic therapeutic communication intervention
aimed at teaching children how to resolve conflictive events in a more
resourceful way; most specifically, before the unresolved feelings spread-out
into a high-impact disruptive classroom event. Talking about the emotional component
of a troubling experience is an area of difficulty for many children, this
being particularly true for those students who already exhibit behavior
deficits, among them, children with weak impulse control and/or low ability to
tolerate frustration. Because talking constructively about what is troublesome
is too hard for them, we see these children displaying recurrent acting-out
episodes and/or aggressive behaviors in an unsuccessful attempt to find some
relief from the conflicted feelings that are fueling those behaviors. To being
able to process and to cope adequately with their troubling feelings, rather
than impulsively acting-out on those feelings, our initial intervention would
be to give children the words they can use to best describe the way they are
feeling. Only after children know how to label,
how to describe, and how to analyze all kinds of feelings (including
pleasant and unpleasant feelings) they will be able to process the emotional
component of any experience in a way that facilitates dealing with troublesome
events in a more positive and constructive way. The following list of words can
be used to help children build and/or strengthen their social-emotional
vocabularies. Most of the words listed next are considered feelings; some of
the words were included because they relate to feelings and help in identifying
feelings accurately; all words listed help develop awareness in the
instrumental role that feelings play in influencing behavior. Words are grouped
by similarity.

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Psycho-education is an enhanced behavior management approach based on the principle that, no matter how severe a behavior problem is, all children can grow socio-emotionally and can learn how to self-control behavior. Psycho-educational teachers believe that socio-emotional growth takes place when children understand the role that emotions play in their school difficulties. This therapeutic approach aims at helping children understand how their troubling feelings and emotions influence their behavior. A teacher trained in psycho-education applies skilled child guidance techniques to help children develop effective coping strategies, self-control of behavior, and social problem-solving skills. Psycho-educational principles and techniques include cognitive (thinking), affective (feelings), and behavioral aspects. This innovative blog is a must read for teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents with an interest in psycho-educational theory and methods to help children with recurrent behavior problems.